Official says gunmen are firing inside federal building in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore

October 10th, 2009 Fierce gunbattle after assault on Pakistan army HQISLAMABAD — A team of gunmen brandishing assault rifles and grenades tried to break into Pakistan's army headquarters on Saturday, sparking a raging gunbattle with troops outside the capital of Islamabad, police said. The audacious assault was the third major militant attack in Pakistan a week and came as the government said it was planning an imminent offensive against Islamist militants in their strongholds in the rugged mountains along the border with Afghanistan.

October 10th, 2009 Gunmen attack Pakistani army headquarters; 6 deadRAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A team of gunmen wearing military uniforms and wielding assault rifles and grenades attacked Pakistan's army headquarters Saturday, sparking a ferocious gunbattle outside the capital that killed four of the assailants and at least two soldiers, authorities said. Two of the attackers managed to infiltrate the heavily fortified compound in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, and troops were trying to flush them out hours after the initial assault, an intelligence official said.

October 10th, 2009 Gunmen attack Pakistani army headquartersISLAMABAD — A Pakistani military official says gunmen have opened fire near the army's headquarters outside the capital of Islamabad. The assault Saturday morning sparked an intense shootout that was ongoing Saturday.

September 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was seriously wounded on Wednesday when unidentified gunmen open indiscriminate firing on his car near his office here. Kazmi was hit in his leg, but doctors said his condition was stable.

September 2nd, 2009 Gunmen wound Pakistan religious affairs ministerISLAMABAD — Police say gunmen have shot and wounded Pakistan's religious affairs minister in an attack in the capital. Police office Mohammad Ishfaq says minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was in his car when the attack took place Wednesday in Islamabad.

June 17th, 2009 Suspect in Sri Lanka cricket attack arrestedISLAMABAD — Pakistani police say they have made their first arrest in the attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in the eastern city of Lahore in March. Lahore police Chief Pervez Rathore said Wednesday the suspect was a member of a banned militant organization, but refused to name the group.

June 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A policeman was killed in a foiled suicide bombing at an emergency police office here Saturday, a security official said. "A suicide bomber tried to enter the building from the outer wall when a constable retaliated and opened fire at him.

May 31st, 2009 RAMALLAH - At least six people were killed Sunday during a shootout between an armed group and the Palestinian security forces in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, the police said. Three of the dead were members of the security forces, two were gunmen and the sixth was owner of the building where the fighting took place, according Adnan Dmeiri, a spokesman for the security forces.

May 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack in Lahore Wednesday that killed at least 23 people, a US-based Islamic militant monitoring group has said. The SITE Intelligence Group said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban militants made the claim in a statement posted on Turkish jihadist websites, Geo TV reported Thursday.

April 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A blast occurred near a police training academy in Pakistan's Lahore city Friday followed by an exchange of fire, media reported. Gunshots were being heard from a distance of half a kilometre from the police training academy, Geo TV channel quoted an eye-witness as saying.

March 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Militants raided a police training centre in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore with assault rifles and hand grenades Monday, killing and injuring several recruits and taking dozens hostage, police officials and media reports said. Hundreds of policemen had surrounded the building and were exchanging fire with the attackers for more than an hour.

March 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A shootout took place Tuesday morning near the Gaddafi cricket ground in Lahore as the Sri Lankan cricket team was passing by, Geo TV said.

February 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Sher Azam was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the country's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Sunday, the police said. The leader was attacked when he was returning home after shopping with family members in Haripur City, 65 km north of Islamabad, the police said.

December 23rd, 2008 ISLAMABAD - One person was killed and three others injured Wednesday in two explosions in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, Dawn news TV channel reported. The blasts occurred near an official vehicle parked in the Gor area of Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the report said.

December 23rd, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Four people were injured Wednesday in two blasts in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, a media report said. According to a TV report, the explosions took place near an official vehicle parked in the Gor area of Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province.